Emg needle test 1-extremity at UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital

350 North Grandview Avenue, Dubuque, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1942392600

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$495.59

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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$619.48

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$46.11 with Aetna vs $495.58 with Quartz Health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Medicare Advantage $46.11 ↓ -91%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $47.03 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicare Advantage $47.03 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage $48.42 ↓ -90%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $48.42 ↓ -90%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $48.42 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $48.42 ↓ -90%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $80.69 ↓ -84%
BC Illinois Community PPO $82.73 ↓ -83%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $96.50 ↓ -81%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $99.40 ↓ -80%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $99.40 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $113.34 ↓ -77%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $113.34 ↓ -77%
Aetna HMO $113.92 ↓ -77%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $117.00 ↓ -76%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $121.37 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare HMO $135.29 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare PPO $135.29 ↓ -73%
Aetna PPO $138.05 ↓ -72%
Dean Health Plan HMO $139.84 ↓ -72%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $151.20 ↓ -69%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $227.97 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $255.23 ↓ -48%
Quartz Health HMO $495.58 ↓ -0%

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Emg needle test 1-extremity at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $286.80 $123.39 – $172.74
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $319.80 $123.39 – $172.74
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $187.80 $228.49 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $668.85 $125.35 – $1,029.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $272.00 $46.11 – $106.84
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $272.00 $46.11 – $128.25
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $581.68 $46.11 – $213.77
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $454.37 $46.11 – $503.78

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